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May 25, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-743886

Motivation to Enlist in IDF Remains High

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - On Sunday, the IDF's Manpower Directorate released its annual figures on army enlistment. What emerges is a country where motivation to serve remains high. Localities with the highest enlistment rate include Modi'in, Ra'anana, Kfar Saba, Herzliya, and Rishon Lezion, all cities in the higher socio-economic bracket in the center of the country. Moreover, the figures showed that the higher a person's socio-economic level, the greater their presence in combat units. That puts to rest the myth that the poorer segments of society send their sons and daughters to fight, while the rich and elite - if they go into the army at all - are going into the high-tech units.

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